[Jason Dunn]

Two new Web sites have launched recently, and since I know the people behind both of them as respect what they do, I thought I'd let you know about them. First up, we have gdgt (pronnounced "Gadget"):

gdgt is from the team that brought you Engadget: Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. gdgt is a different sort of site - it's less about up-to-the-second news and more about a community of people that love gadgets. When you register on the site, you create a profile (here's mine) where you can add gadgets that you own, gadgets you want, and gadgets that you've had in the past. I've added a handful to my "have" list - anything more would take me many hours! gdgt looks like a cool site and is definitely worth checking out.

The other new site that launched recently is MIDstories.com, a new site from Xavier Lanier, the guy behind Notebooks.com. This new site of his is focused on Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), a type of gadget that has yet to really take off in terms of mainstream popularity - maybe Xavier's new site will help with that. Worth checking out!

[Jason Dunn]

Two new Web sites have launched recently, and since I know the people behind both of them as respect what they do, I thought I'd let you know about them. First up, we have gdgt (pronnounced "Gadget"):

gdgt is from the team that brought you Engadget: Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. gdgt is a different sort of site - it's less about up-to-the-second news and more about a community of people that love gadgets. When you register on the site, you create a profile (here's mine) where you can add gadgets that you own, gadgets you want, and gadgets that you've had in the past. I've added a handful to my "have" list - anything more would take me many hours! gdgt looks like a cool site and is definitely worth checking out.

The other new site that launched recently is MIDstories.com, a new site from Xavier Lanier, the guy behind Notebooks.com. This new site of his is focused on Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), a type of gadget that has yet to really take off in terms of mainstream popularity - maybe Xavier's new site will help with that. Worth checking out!

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

gdgt is probably experiencing some teething pains, because the site was so slow I ended up going to bed instead.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng

gdgt is probably experiencing some teething pains, because the site was so slow I ended up going to bed instead.

Entirely possible - it was snappy for me today, and just now, but they're clearly getting lots of traffic:

http://features.gdgt.com/2009/07/02/day-one/

Good for them!

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng

gdgt is probably experiencing some teething pains, because the site was so slow I ended up going to bed instead.

It could just be a one-off. gdgt's held up pretty well in the past, even during peak times such as live-blogging of keynotes.

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

Well, I'll try it again tonight and see if I can properly setup my profile.

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

It's still ****ing slow; I've tried adding a gadget and now it's stuck loading something... 1 minute 37 seconds... 1 minute 47 seconds...

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng

It's still ****ing slow; I've tried adding a gadget and now it's stuck loading something... 1 minute 37 seconds... 1 minute 47 seconds...

Must be some sort of a network peering problem where you are in the world - it's zippy here for me. Tried a tracert to see where it slows down yet?

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

That's the funny thing. It seems perfectly alright with a traceroute.